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Public awareness of right-of-way laws for pedestrians
 RENO — Officers from the Reno Police Department Traffic Division will be conducting enforcement activities focusing on pedestrians today.  The operation is designed to increase public awareness of how right-of-way laws apply to pedestrians, helping to reduce the potential for pedestrians being injured or killed in accidents. The enforcement activities are funded by a grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety. The event will take place ...
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Vaughn Hartung
Vaughn Hartung to run for county commission
RENO — Washoe County Planning Commissioner and small business owner Vaughn Hartung has announced his candidacy for the District 4 seat on the Washoe County Commission. The seat currently covers Sparks, Spanish Springs and Wadsworth. Hartung is a 25-year small business owner and his approach emphasizes small- and medium-size business development as one component to revive northern Nevada’s regional growth and provide expanded job opportuniti...
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Veterans Guest House wins $25,000
RENO – The Veterans Guest House in Reno has won $25,000 from The Home Depot in by competing in Aprons in Action, The Home Depot Foundation’s unique Facebook voting program. The organization will go on to compete for $250,000 from The Home Depot in March on www.facebook.com/homedepotfoundation. During the Aprons in Action contest, which began in April 2011, 11 monthly winners, including Reno’s Veterans Guest House, were selected. Each monthly ...
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
 RENO – This year, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) brings eating disorder awareness to campuses and communities around the world during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week from Feb. 26 through March 3. The University of Nevada, Reno Student Health Center and University Counseling Services have partnered with the local Center for Hope of the Sierras for a week of awareness events on campus, part of a 25-year national effor...
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NNMC Health Fair provides one-stop shopping
SPARKS — Northern Nevada Medical Center is hosting a health fair on March 1 from 7:30 to 11 a.m. in the main lobby of the hospital. This is an opportunity for community members to receive low-cost preventative health screenings. NNMC will also offer several free screenings, including body fat and blood pressure. Fasting is required for best results in blood screenings. NNMC Advantage members get a 10 percent discount on all tests, and sign up...
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2011 visitor profile survey results
RENO — The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) recently released the results of a year-long survey of Reno Tahoe USA’s recent visitors. EMC Research, Inc. conducted the internet-based survey of 2,797 individuals who visited Washoe County in 2011 on behalf of the RSCVA. RENO – Results of the survey show visitors to Reno Tahoe USA are overwhelmingly satisfied with their trip and plan to return to the area. Eighty-one percent o...
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Courtesy Photo Gov. Brain Sandoval presents Jerry Finley with the Veteran of the Month Award.
Veteran of the Month Award for February
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval proudly presented the Veteran of the Month Award for February to Jerry Finley for his ongoing service and assist to veterans throughout the state. “I have a profound respect for Mr. Finely, for what he’s done for veterans throughout the state,” Sandoval said during the presentation. “I cannot tell you how proud I am to present this award to him today.” Finley is the second recipient of the Veteran of the M...
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County commissioner hosts Oceguera fundraiser
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani is hosting a fundraiser for U.S. House candidate John Oceguera. Oceguera is the Democratic Nevada Assembly speaker challenging Republican Congressman Joe Heck this November. Giunchigliani is a well-known Democrat in Las Vegas who ran for mayor and lost last year. She is holding the fundraiser at her home Saturday afternoon. Voters sent Heck to Washington in 2010, after he defeated...
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Driver in crosswalk crash fined, will lose license
NORTH LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 78-year-old Henderson woman has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and will lose her driver’s license for two years after an October car crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and badly hurt two other children. KTNV Channel 13 reports that Alice Alava pleaded no contest Thursday to five misdemeanor counts against her. Alava was accused of unlawfully passing vehicles stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk, failure to give...
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Draft order released in Nevada smart meters
LAS VEGAS (AP) — State regulators are proposing NV Energy Inc. offer digital electric meters that can be read from a moving vehicle to customers who oppose the utility’s new smart meters. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Public Utilities Commission released a draft order Thursday outlining a program for ratepayers who want to opt out of smart meters. Company officials say replacing 1.45 million analog meters statewide with meters that...
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Trucker can try to do Nevada prison time in Canada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas is giving a 52-year-old Quebec trucker who pleaded guilty in a big Nevada cocaine bust a chance to serve his six-to-15 year prison sentence in Canada. Clark County District Court Judge Kathleen Delaney agreed Thursday to let lawyers for Gaston Danjou apply to Nevada and federal authorities to invoke a 1977 international prisoner transfer treaty in Danjou’s case. The judge noted that Danjou speaks only Fre...
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Reno completes nine solar installations
RENO — The City of Reno has announced the completion of nine solar installations, which is anticipated to save the general fund $1.6 to $3 million over the next 20 years and means the city is now receiving 15 to 18 percent of its total power from solar. The nine installations are located at the Reno-Stead Wastewater Plant; the Public Works Corporation Yard; the Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center; Reno Fire Station 3 on Moana Lane; Reno F...
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Bones found in Douglas County are human
MINDEN (AP) — Authorities say bones found by a backcountry traveler in northeast Douglas County have been identified as human. The Douglas County sheriff’s office says the remains were found Wednesday in a drainage wash located on land owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They were identified as being human on Thursday. It’s not known how long the remains were in the area or the identity of the person. Sheriff’s detectives and BIA agents a...
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Black history festival to return to downtown Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Organizers say a Black History Month festival is returning to the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas one year after the attraction’s casinos skipped on hosting the event and said it didn’t draw enough business. Organizer Charles Tureaud tells The Associated Press that the two-day festival on Saturday and Sunday will include heavyweight boxers Leon Spinks and Ken Norton, who will sign autographs and help coordinat...
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NNMC Health Fair provides one-stop shopping
SPARKS — Northern Nevada Medical Center is hosting a health fair on March 1 from 7:30 to 11 a.m. in the main lobby of the hospital. This is an opportunity for community members to receive low-cost preventative health screenings. NNMC will also offer several free screenings, including body fat and blood pressure. Fasting is required for best results in blood screenings. NNMC Advantage members get a 10 percent discount on all tests, and sign up...
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Anti-racism speaker Wise to visit UNR
The University of Nevada, Reno and the Washoe County School District have partnered to bring anti-racist speaker Tim Wise to the community on Feb. 29.
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TMCC to host financial aid info night
As a way to help students plan for the cost of college, Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) is hosting a “Leap into Financial Aid” night on Feb. 29.
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USGBC to honor local members
USGBC of Nevada’s annual leadership awards program on March 1 is the organization’s way of recognizing its dedicated members, friends of the chapter and green building leaders in our community.
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Reno names two assistant city managers
Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger announced Monday a reorganization of city offices, part of his initiative to improve the way the city delivers services.
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Executive 'kidnap' to help CARE Chest
On Feb. 29, local businessmen and businesswomen will be “kidnapped” to raise funds to support the ongoing services offered by CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada.
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